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The document explains the formation and usage of the present continuous tense in English, including its affirmative, negative, and question forms. It outlines various contexts in which the present continuous is used, such as activities happening now, future arrangements, and ongoing changes. Additionally, it provides spelling rules for forming the present continuous and includes an exercise for practice.

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present continuous

The document explains the formation and usage of the present continuous tense in English, including its affirmative, negative, and question forms. It outlines various contexts in which the present continuous is used, such as activities happening now, future arrangements, and ongoing changes. Additionally, it provides spelling rules for forming the present continuous and includes an exercise for practice.

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PRESENT

CONTINUOUS
We form the present continuous in the We form the present continuous in the
affirmative form with auxiliary negative form with auxiliary
Subject + ‘be’+ verb + ing Subject + ‘be’+ not + verb + ing
I am not
I am Working
He / She / it is not
He / She / it is Working
We /You /They are not
We /You /They are
Contraction: isn’t / aren’t

We form the present continuous in the


question form with
‘be’ + Subject + verb + ing
am I

is He / She / It Working?

are We/ You/ They


We use the present continuous to talk about:

 Activities at the moment of speaking:

I'm just leaving work. I'll be home in an hour.


Please be quiet. The children are sleeping.
 something we have already arranged or planned to do in the future. We
often give the future time (tomorrow, in July, on Saturday, this afternoon,
next week, etc…
Mary is going to a new school next term.
What are you doing next week?
My sister is starting a new job next Monday.
 Something happening now, but not exactly at the moment we
speak.
 My brother is looking for a job at the moment.
You are spending a lot of money these days.
I'm working in London for the next two weeks.
Something which is new and contrasts with a previous state:

These days most people are using email instead of writing letters.
What sort of clothes are teenagers wearing nowadays?
What sort of music are they listening to?
Something which is changing, growing or developing:

The children are growing up quickly.


The climate is changing rapidly.
Your English is improving.
Something which happens again and again and
bothering us:
It's always raining in London.
They are always arguing.
George is great but he's always nagging.
 We do not normally use the continuous with stative verbs.
Stative verbs include:
• Believe, dislike, know, like, love, hate, prefer, realise, recognise,
remember, suppose, think (= believe), understand, want, wish,
appear, feel, look, seem, smell, sound, taste, agree, be, belong,
disagree, need, owe, own, possess
 We normally use the simple instead:
I understand you. (NOT I am understanding you.)
This cake tastes wonderful. (NOT This cake is tasting wonderful.)
Spelling go > going
rules play > playing work > working
If the verb ends in consonant + -e we delete the -e and add -
ing.
come > coming live > living move >
moving
*Exception: be > being
If the verb ends in -ie, we change -ie to -ying.
die > dying lie > lying
If the verb ends in one vowel + one consonant, we double the
consonant.
get > getting run > running shop >
shopping
sit > sitting put > putting
*Exceptions:
When the verb ends in one vowel + -y, -w or -x, we just
add -ing.
play > playing snow > snowing
When the last syllable verb is not stressed.
• Exercise 1. Conjugate the verbs between brackets in Present simple
or present continuous.
• My brother ___________ (have) a daughter and a son.
• I __________________ (not / solve) any math problems at the moment.
• My grandfather often _________________ (come) over for dinner at the
weekends.
• My school _________________ (begin) at nine every day.
• What time ________________ (you / wake up) on weekdays?
• What ________________ (you / do) tomorrow night?
• I usually ____________ (not / work) on Sundays but today I _______________
(work).
• She _______________ (not / sleep) now, she _______________ (study).
• How often _________________ (you / review) your lessons?
• I _________________ (not / go) on holiday this summer.
• Can you speak slowly please, I _________ (not / understand) you.
Thanks for your attention

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